On September 21, 2015, the world watched the inaugural trip of sub-Saharan Africa’s first urban light rail system — and if they didn’t, they should have. The Ethiopian government partnered with two Chinese companies to bring a much-needed mass ...
Former US Ambassador and Co-Chair of US China Policy Foundation Chas Freeman speaks at the Foreign Policy Panel at the Brown China Summit from April 22-23. Ambassador Freeman’s talk discusses “Evolving Diplomacy in the 21st Century”...
Martin Shkreli has received extensive coverage for raising the price of a medication for HIV overnight, but he’s only a symptom of a larger problem. Learn more about the high cost of pharmaceuticals in the US with this update from the BPR Media...
The Economist recently posted an interesting article on fiscal transfers between the sixteen German states, with the subtitle “Germans fear a European transfer union because they hate their own one.”The article offers interesting peeks into the f...
The Economist recently posted an interesting article on fiscal transfers between the sixteen German states, with the subtitle “Germans fear a European transfer union because they hate their own one.”The article offers interesting peeks into the f...
I’m a political junkie, and even I’m sick of this campaign. If 2008 felt like we were watching history textbooks being written, 2012 has felt like an underground boxing match that’s gone the distance. Now we’re just waiting for the final bell...
I’m a political junkie, and even I’m sick of this campaign. If 2008 felt like we were watching history textbooks being written, 2012 has felt like an underground boxing match that’s gone the distance. Now we’re just waiting for the final bell...
BPR’s Henry Knight sat down with the Green Party Presidential candidate Jill Stein. Photo courtesy flickr, by Paul Stein. Used under the Creative Commons License. Brown Political Review: What’s your approach to establishing yourself as a cre...
BPR’s Henry Knight sat down with the Green Party Presidential candidate Jill Stein. Photo courtesy flickr, by Paul Stein. Used under the Creative Commons License. Brown Political Review: What’s your approach to establishing yourself as a cre...
BPR talked to Jim Gray, the Vice Presidential Nominee on the Libertarian ticket for the 2012 election and a former judge on California’s Orange County Superior Court. From “Judge Jim Gray” Facebook page Brown Political Review: Stud...
BPR talked to Jim Gray, the Vice Presidential Nominee on the Libertarian ticket for the 2012 election and a former judge on California’s Orange County Superior Court. From “Judge Jim Gray” Facebook page Brown Political Review: Stud...
In my last eurocrisis rant I argued three changes were necessary for the EU to begin crawling its way out of the hole it has dug itself into. These were viewing debt as an economic instead of a moral problem, considering the situation a political ins...
In my last eurocrisis rant I argued three changes were necessary for the EU to begin crawling its way out of the hole it has dug itself into. These were viewing debt as an economic instead of a moral problem, considering the situation a political ins...
Brown alumnus Josh Marshall is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of Talking Points Memo (TPM), an independent online news and commentary agency founded in 2000. Marshall expanded the staff and his investigatory reporting unit, and led the team that bro...
Brown alumnus Josh Marshall is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of Talking Points Memo (TPM), an independent online news and commentary agency founded in 2000. Marshall expanded the staff and his investigatory reporting unit, and led the team that bro...
The Dorr Rebellion. Image obtained from Wikimedia Commons. Just this month, several members of the Cranston Board of Canvassers resigned from their positions rather than approve the provision of an absentee ballot to convicted murderer Michael Woodma...
The Dorr Rebellion. Image obtained from Wikimedia Commons. Just this month, several members of the Cranston Board of Canvassers resigned from their positions rather than approve the provision of an absentee ballot to convicted murderer Michael Woodma...
On October 18, a federal appeals court in Manhattan (the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals) struck down in a 2-1 decision the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, which is a federal law that defines marriage as a union that exists solely between a man and a...
On October 18, a federal appeals court in Manhattan (the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals) struck down in a 2-1 decision the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, which is a federal law that defines marriage as a union that exists solely between a man and a...
Though the news out of the Middle East last week was dominated by the shocking car bombing in Beirut, the region also witnessed the beginnings of an important process that will have just as many implications: namely, efforts by the Muslim Brotherhood...
Though the news out of the Middle East last week was dominated by the shocking car bombing in Beirut, the region also witnessed the beginnings of an important process that will have just as many implications: namely, efforts by the Muslim Brotherhood...
As Election Day approaches, it’s easy to despair that we live in an era of unprecedented political polarization. But take heart: this is nothing new. As recounted in Ron Chernow’s biography of the first president, Benjamin Franklin Bache, publish...
As Election Day approaches, it’s easy to despair that we live in an era of unprecedented political polarization. But take heart: this is nothing new. As recounted in Ron Chernow’s biography of the first president, Benjamin Franklin Bache, publish...
As some devoted followers of this column may have noticed, last week I was unable to write an article due to the massive amount of stress caused by my Roman History midterm. As I pulled several near all-nighters, though, and attempted to memorize wha...
As some devoted followers of this column may have noticed, last week I was unable to write an article due to the massive amount of stress caused by my Roman History midterm. As I pulled several near all-nighters, though, and attempted to memorize wha...
A recent post at The New Inquiry does a commendable job of pinning down the strange political vantage point that is inhabited by the political meme. The writer, one Nathan Jurgenson, conducts a ...
A recent post at The New Inquiry does a commendable job of pinning down the strange political vantage point that is inhabited by the political meme. The writer, one Nathan Jurgenson, conducts a ...